Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Ray Leventhal wrote on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:42:27 -0400: > > >> Do you think it's wise to replace the sendmail.cf and sendmail.mc files >> from the snapshot (after backing them up, of course)? >> > > If you did not change the files: no. As I said: go thru a manual send and > check *where* the timeout occurs (better: repeat it a few times to be sure > it's always in the same phase). The messages in the logs are not very > clear about this. If your users have to authenticate before sending this > could be a typical point-of-failure where after the reboot the > authentication against an external mechanism is somehow hampered. I guess, > you do have any spam protection on the machine as you said it's not taking > external mail? > > Kai > > nothing but vanilla stuff here, for email. no milters, no spam protection...it's a tiny intranet (<20 users). We don't auth on sending at all...and that's what got me puzzled. I will do as you suggested; I'll telnet from a client-host and do the same. Funny though, when ssh'd into the box, using pine works without hesitation, I guess because I'm already auth'd. Thanks for your input. -Ray